HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Raiding other tribes
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The gold and salt trade
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Trade in ostriches and elephant tusks
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Trading iron weapons and tools
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Detailed explanation-1: -Over time, the slave trade became even more important to the West African econo-my. Kings traded slaves for valuable goods, such as horses from the Middle East and textiles and weapons from Europe. The trans-Saharan slave trade contributed to the power of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gold Trade and the Kingdom of Ancient Ghana Gold, sought from the western and central Sudan, was the main commodity of the trans-Saharan trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ghana grew wealthy from trade through taxation. Along with gold and salt traders carried copper, silver, cloth and spices. As Ghana was in a prime location in between salt and gold mines, rulers taxed traders passing through Ghana. Traders had to pay taxes on the goods they carried to Ghana and took away with them.
Detailed explanation-4: -Trans-Saharan Trade, also known as the Gold-Salt Trade, was an extensive network of trade routes that linked the Mediterranean world with West Africa during the Middle Ages. The trade routes facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas, and cultures between the people of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.